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   Tournesol 🌻 (tournesol@peculiar.florist)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Nov-2024 19:59:30 JST Tournesol 🌻

   daily reminder that the english word for "connection" is written using a french syntax whereas the french word for it, "connexion", is using an english syntax.
   
   In my next talk, we'll see why I hate "langage" and "language".

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     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Nov-2024 19:59:28 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

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     @tournesol Great, now I'm confused which one is supposed to be french…
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     Tournesol 🌻 (tournesol@peculiar.florist)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Nov-2024 20:01:50 JST Tournesol 🌻

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     • Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

     @lanodan my rule is "I write connection, wait this word shouldn't make sense so it's -xion"

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